Egypt

Apr 28

بلادي بلادي بلادي
لك حبي وفؤادي
بلادي بلادي بلادي
لك حبي وفؤادي

مصر يا أم البلاد
أنت غايتي والمراد
وعلى كل العباد
كم لنيلك من أياد

مصر يا أرض النعيم
سُدتِ بالمجد القديم
مقصدي دفع الغريم
وعلى الله اعتمادي

بلادي بلادي بلادي
لك حبي وفؤادي

Transliteration

Bilādī, Bilādī, Bilādī
Laki ḥubbī wa fu’ādī
Bilādī, Bilādī, Bilādī
Laki ḥubbī wa fu’ādī

Miṣr yā umm al-bilād
Anti ghāyatī wal-murād
Wa ‘alā kull al-‘ibād
Kam li-nīlik min ayād

Miṣr yā arḍ al-na‘īm
Suddti bil-majd al-qadīm
Maqṣadī daf‘ al-gharīm
Wa ‘alā Allāh i‘timādī

Bilādī, Bilādī, Bilādī
Laki ḥubbī wa fu’ādī

My homeland, my homeland, my homeland,
You have my love and my heart.
My homeland, my homeland, my homeland,
You have my love and my heart.

Egypt, O mother of all lands,
You are my goal and my desire,
And above all people,
How many hands have worked for your Nile.

Egypt, O land of blessings,
You are crowned with ancient glory,
My aim is to repel the enemy,
And in God I place my trust.

My homeland, my homeland, my homeland,
You have my love and my heart.

The anthem was adopted in 1979, replacing a more militaristic national anthem.

Its chorus comes from a phrase by Mustafa Kamel, a prominent Egyptian nationalist leader.

It was composed by Sayed Darwish, one of Egypt’s most influential musicians.